McEachern is a major political supporter of Columbia County District Attorney Beth Cozzolino, his wife's sister.

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Now McEachern and his wife Andrea hosted a fundraiser Saturday, July 9, to kick off Cozzolino's campaign to replace Paul Czajka as Columbia County judge.

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Cozzolino's office recused itself from the McEachern case after it was brought, asking that it be handled by a special prosecutor from the office of Republican Greene County District Attorney Terry Wilhelm.

WNYT reports District Attorney Beth Cozzolino confirms she is running for Columbia County Judge, which fellow Republican Paul Czajka vacated last week.He announced he was running for Cozzolino's job; a job he held for seven years before being elected judge in 1994.Cozzolino became DA in 1995.

The former bookkeeper for the Towns of Kinderhook and Greenport, Pegeen Mulligan-Moore, has pled guilty to all charges related to the theft of approximately $300,000 in public funds, according to an investigation by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's office, the New York State Police, and Columbia County District Attorney Beth Cozzolino.

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I particularly want to commend District Attorney Cozzolino.Her work helped prevent even more harm to taxpayers."